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$τ$ Ori and $τ$ Lib: Two new massive heartbeat binaries

arXiv:1801.05985

Abstract

We report the discovery of two massive eccentric systems with BRITE data, $τ$ Ori and $τ$ Lib, showing heartbeat effects close to the periastron passage. $τ$ Lib exhibits shallow eclipses that will soon vanish due to the apsidal motion in the system. In neither system, tidally excited oscillations were detected.

3 pages, 1 figure, to appear in the Proceedings of the 3rd BRITE Science Conference